Centre the Women's 200m Individual Medley SM8.
Another packed final.
One name stands out beyond all.
Where does the challenge come
for Jessica Long.
>> Jessica Long it's her race
to lose.
to lose. She will go out, not going to
have a great start.
Her fly is beautiful.
Immediately I would say after
the first 25 or 30 metres she
will have clean water both to
the left and right.
She won't see that at all.
>> Vinther for Denmark.
And then we have the
18-year-old, Haven Shepherd for
the United States of America.
Then we have Duskova.
In her first IM final in the
Paralympic Games.
Paralympic Games. Then we have Mira Jeanne Maack.
The Berlin swim team swimmer.
22-year-old, won three medals
at the 201 9 Games in Peru.
>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Russian
mother, Italian father.
Brother is also a swimmer and
water polo player in the S14
classifications.
classifications. Mariia Pavlova bronze at the
European Championships comes
out to swim in Lane 5.
She will be alongside Jessica
Long.
Long. Jessica Long is an icon.
She's the listed as the hero
for virtually everyone in this
field.
field. She's the Paralympic record
holder.
holder. Not the world record any longer
in the 200mIM swim engage a
field of swimmers.
Haven Shepherd's hero is
Jessica Long.
Jessica Long. Mira Jeanne Maack, hero is
Jessica Long.
Jessica Long. Xenia Francesca Palazzo, a
great Italian, Pelegreni.
>> >> >> Jessica Long going for her milestone 25th Paralympic
Games medal here.
13 golds, six silver, five
bronze.
bronze. Only once has he failed to
final in 30 events that a
freestyle event in Rio.
Line-up:
not getting too much off the turns and certainly off the
starting blocks, Jessica Long.
Once she is in the stroke you
spoke about the perfection of
watching her stroke.
The upper body is incredible.
The technical aspect she brings
to swimming has been so
outstanding.
outstanding. It stood her in good stead
despite the disadvantage she
has on either end of the pool.
>> Jessica Long trained
able-bodied and with disabled
swimmers that made a huge
impact on some of her strokes.
She is in the fly.
She is clean.
Doesn't appear to tire.
Trains a lot all the time.
I mean, she is just, incredible
shape at the moment.
Coming into the backstroke,
going in a straight line.
If you want to know how to swim
with your upper body, Jessica
Long is the one to emulate.
>> She is looking good in the
backstroke.
backstroke. She was third overall in the
Women's 100m backstroke.
She will be caught by Palazzo I
suspect.
suspect. Will make a massive difference
here to her attempt to claim
this title.
this title. She will go into the
breaststroke and then the back.
An opportunity for Palazzo to
put herself into medal
contention in this backstroke
and starting to tire here a
little bit.
little bit. Good work being done by Mariia
Pavlova the European
Championship bronze medallists.
Jessica Long at the turn.
Once she's in the stroke she
look imperious.
look imperious. >> Look at the height on every
stroke how she surges forward
with her arms.
Very strong under water every
single time.
single time. There is no other swimmer right
now in this heat who has
strokes as sound as Jessica
Long.
Long. >> That is something that could
go even further when you talk
about her technical ability.
Going for her second place.
Sill strer here, Palazzo of
Italy is setting herself up
nicely to challenge for the
silver.
silver. Pavlova looking strong.
Starting to fade here is
Gonzalez who had looked to be
up.
up. Shepherd making a push in Lane
1.
1. Maybe too much ground for any
of the swimmers to catch up on
the three that got away in Long
in the centre.
Gold medallists in 2008 #, gold
medallist in 2012 and gold
medallist in 2016.
Who remembers her as
12-year-old and produced the
unthinkable in Athens.
She is on her way to another
milestone medal in what has
been a tremendously tough time
for her.
for her. She's come back and she is
looking to impress.
She doesn't want to just make
finals.
finals. She doesn't just want to make
the podium but wants to win
gold medals.
gold medals. Jessica Long ambitious and
incredible.
incredible. She swims to her 25th
Paralympic Games medal and 14th
gold importantly for the
29-year-old American.
29-year-old American. It's a brilliant swim from
Palazzo who set up the silver
with a backstroke leg that was
really solid.
really solid. Pavlova coming home to take
bronze at the Paralympic Games
after finishing in bronze medal
position at the European
Championships.
Championships. It will be a touch for fourth
for Gonzalez of Colombia.
Haven Shepherd good enough for
fifth.
fifth. Maack touches sixth with
Vinther and Duskov seventh and
eighth.
eighth. Palazzo's swim.
Palazzo's swim. Just look at it.
Jessica Long saying good job.
>> I mean when you have someone
like Jessica Long in your
classification it's hard to
compete.
compete. She's such a technically sound
swimmer, as I said before.
For second and third they are
also remarkable swims.
You have to give credit to
them.
them. >> That is a brilliant swim
from somebody who made the
final of the World
Championships but did not
medal.
medal. She did manage to